Utter chaos (6)
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">utter chaos</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I've seen this in another clue)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is all the clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for bedlam that I've seen before include "Place of uproar or madness" , "Ambled (anag)" , "Blamed for noisy uproar" , "Place of uproar and confusion" , "State of extreme confusion and disorder" .)
This clue might be a double definition.
'utter' is the first definition.
(stating is a kind of uttering)
'chaos' is the second definition.
The definition and answer can be both states of affairs as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps they are linked in a way I don't understand?
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for state that I've seen before include "A test (anag.)" , "Declare - political unit" , "Assert; nation" , "Express; pomp" , "Part of America" .)